Residents in Tangipahoa Parish are forced to evacuate after flooding on Friday. FOr some, they just returned home from flooding from months before.

Evacuating ... again; Tangipahoa Parish residents have to leave after a brief return from March flooding

Residents in Tangipahoa Parish are forced to evacuate after flooding on Friday. FOr some, they just returned home from flooding from months before.

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Updated: 7:16 PM CDT Aug 12, 2016

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WEBVTT NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THISIN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.>> YOU JUST GOT BACK IN HERE?>> JUST GOT BACK IN HERE ANDGOING BACK OUT. HEATH: FOR THE SECOND TIME,SINCE MARCH, JOYCE WALKER JOLTEDFROM HER BED AND ONTO A SCHOOLBUS, EVACUATING OUT OF THE TANGIVILLAGE APARTMENT COMPLEX NORTHOF HAMMOND.>> OOH, WHERE WE'RE GOING IDON'T KNOW.>> WE JUST WENT.WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GATHER UPNOTHING OR CHANGE OUR CLOTHES ORNOTHING.HEATH: SIMILAR EVACUATIONSTORIES IN THE AMITE AREA, WATERSTUNNED THE BAHAMS, LEAVING HOMEWITH ONLY WHAT THEY COULD CARRY,>> WE'RE HERE WITH NOTHING.WE'VE LOST EVERYTHING. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TOCOME IN THE CAR.IT NEVER CAME IN THE CAR, BUT ICOULD FEEL THE WATER WHEN THECARS WERE GOING BY ME LIKEMOVING MY CAR. HEATH: ARLENE COCHRAN CAUGHTCOMPLETELY BY SURPRISE, LIKE SOMANY OTHERS, SHE WASN'T PREPAREDFOR THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THATFLOODED SO MANY AMITE STREETS,INCLUDING HIGHWAY 16, THE MAINROAD INTO TOWN.>> I'VE BEEN DOING THIS 38YEARS, BUT I HAVE LIVED HERE ALLMY LIFE.NEVER.NEVER SEEN IT THIS DEEHEATH: AT THE GRANTS CHAPELCHURCH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OFTOWN, WATER POURED INTO THERECENT REMODELED SANCTUARY,PAINFUL FOR THOSE TRYINGDESPARATELY TO KEEP THE WATEROUT.>> THIS IS MORE THAN WE HAD EVERBEFORE HERE.HEATH: IT'S ALMOST BIBLICALPROPORTION, ISN'T IT? IT IS THAT. HEATH: AND THE PROBLEM IS, MORRAIN IS FORECAST.AND THE NEWS IS NOT GOOD FOR

Evacuating ... again; Tangipahoa Parish residents have to leave after a brief return from March flooding

Residents in Tangipahoa Parish are forced to evacuate after flooding on Friday. FOr some, they just returned home from flooding from months before.